Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-07
FAyoRING EXCURSIONS.
Efforts to Enable The Eastern visitors TO
See the Upper Sacramento Valley.

Efforts to Enable the Eastern Visitors to
See the Upper Sacramento Valley.
In connection with the very iaudable
efforts being put forth to make known to
(! the large number of Eastern people who
are now coming to the northern part OF
the State the resources and vast extent oil
the Sacramento valley, the proposition to
induce them to make an excursion OF the
valley, going by railroad up one side and
down the other, has been wisely proposed
and urged. To this end, Albert Gallatin
wrote TO the railroad authorities IN San
Francisco to ascertain whether low rate
for such excursions could be granted. and
also wrote to parties in the leading towns
in the upper Sacramento valley to learn
whether, if excursion trains were run, some
systematic effort could be arranged along
the route of travel to show desired attention
and give information to the visitors.
In response to the letter to the railroad
company, Mr.. Gallatin has received COM
munication from General Passenger Agent
T. II. Goodman, stating that the company
approved the plan and would issue very
low rate ticket to holders OF overland
excursion tickets, and also for holders of
unlimited single trip first-class tickets OF
the company's issue TO the East. The
tickets will be limited to the sole use of
the holders of these two classes of tickets,
as their object is to make known the at
tractive features of that portion of the
State, and to induce settlement, and as the
rate, to aid this purpose, will be below
remunerative basis. The letter from Mr..
Goodman also says:
In giving further consideration of the matter,
it seemed the better way to issue these tickets
individually thinking thereby we might better
accommodate the large number of strangers
now on the coast, as we might not be able to
control their movements for special excursion
trains, which would go upon set dates when-
ever thought advisable by the good people OF
the upper Sacramento valley. These tickets
will be placed on sale at our office, 6l3 Market
street, San Francisco. They will be good from
San Francisco via Woodland to Reddng, and
returning from Redding via Chico to Sacra-
mento, as the holders of the overland tickets
would there commence their overland trip from
Sacramento, whether going East via Ogden,
Mohave, Los Angeles, Deming or FL Paso.
In addition to the possible special excursion
trains run on set dates, have TO offer that we
can on almost any day furnish, at a reasonable
per diem rentage charge, special cars-either
those of our own company, or OF the Pullman
Company equipment-tor small parties who
might like to secure the accommodations of
such cars, independent of hotel aceommoda-
tions for the trip from san Francisco via Will
Sacramento. For such purpose. the new COM
mon rule is, requirement OF the minimum num-
Der of fifteen fares from the occupants, with
additional tickets Tor any number beyond fif-
teen. We could issue new excursion tickets for
such purpose, If any committee should desire to
accompany a special party from San Francisco
to the upper Sacramento valley.
1t has been suggested, in connection with
the above, that inasmuch as there are a
very large number of Eastern-tourist visit
ors at San Francisco, who will make that
city their headquarters while remaining in
this section of the State, the excursion
tickets should cover the entire trip through
the Sacramento valley and back to San
Francisco, instead of ending at Sacramento
There are no doubt many who will make
the excursion, that may desire to return to
the Bay, but if demand for entire round
trip tickets is manifested, it will no doubt
be promptly met by the issuance of such
tickets.
1t may be further stated that many re-
sponses have already been received from
principal valley towns along the railroads.
warmly indorsing the arrangement to have
excursions run over these reads for the OBJ
ject stated and promising to do all possible
by way of entertainment, and showing the
visitors about in the various localities, so
far as the stoppage of trains at points re-
ported will permit
The difficulty has heretofore been that
Eastern people who have come from the
south to San Francisco, and from thence
returned to the East by simply passing
over the Central Pacific Railroad. have
supposed that they have seen Central
and Northern California" and that there
is not a great deal of it to attract settlement
of Eastern people. But under the arrange
ment now made when the visitor shall
have passed up and down the beautiful,
broad and fertile valley of the Sacramento,
and been impressed with the fact that it is
larger than many of the most populous
Eastern States, and capable of productions
unlimited in variety and amount, and that
the section is as yet largely undeveloped,
new and valuable facts concerning the best
part of the State will be carried by them
10 their homes and Eastern friends